Poll: Hillary Clinton more popular than President Obama

Though currently retired, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is still more popular than President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and her successor John Kerry, a new poll has found.

According to the Gallup poll, released Tuesday, a whopping 64 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Clinton, putting her nine percentage points ahead of President Obama (55 percent), 19 percentage points ahead of Biden and 20 percentage points ahead of the current Secretary of State John Kerry.

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Moreover while 13 percent of respondents said they never heard of John Kerry and nine percent of respondents said the same of Vice President Biden, Clinton and Obama are essentially universally known.

Should Clinton decide to run in 2016 — as is highly expected though she retains her silence among the speculation — she has a leg up among Democrats on Biden, who is also rumored to be vying for the White House. The poll shows that 91 percent of Democrats view Clinton favorably while Biden has 76 percent.